Imitation brick construction



Jan. 5, 1.932.

J. MoLNAR 1,840,244

IMITATION BRICK CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 4. 1930 @bfi n WITNESSES 76 ATTORN EYS Patented Jan.` 5, 1932 PATENT lOFFICE JOHN J'. MOLNAR, OF BBDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT IM'ITATION BRICK CONSTRUCTION Application led Septemberl 4, 1930. Serial No. 479,744.

This invention relates to means for securing a veneer of suitable materials to the interior or exterior of building structures requiring a finishing surface.

The principal object of the invention is to provide preformed sheets of material, preferably wire mesh material, which may be secured to the structure requiring a finishing surface, and which sheets are adapted to have suitable materials applied thereto in such a manner as to simulate brick or tile.

The invention further contemplates the simulation of a brick or tile iinish which will be inexpensive, durable and easy to apply wherever wanted.

' The nature ofthe invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will aprpear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which 4 Figure 1 yis a fragmentary side or face view of a wall embodying the features of the invention; v

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged section showing certain details of construction;

. Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an enlarged section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure l6 is an enlarged vertical section showing certain details of construction;

Figure7 is a view similar to Figure 6 showing a modification.

' The veneer or imitation brick or tile construction is applied to the interior or exterior building structure or wall, and in the drawings this building structure may consist of studs 10 to which are secured pieces of siding 11, as shown most clearly in Figures 3 and 6, or the construction of the present invention may be applied to the siding or clapboards 12 of buildings or houses already u erected, as shown in Figure 7 In accordance with the invention use is made of sheet material, preferably wire mesh, which is pressed to present an arrangement of spaced grooves r 413, certain of which are perpendicular to ,0 others to present integral raised sections 14 simulating rows of brick or tile. The'sheets may be provided in standard lengths or widths. The required number of sheets are secured in any suitable manner to the siding 11 or 12, as the case may be, by the use of 5| suitable fasteners such as the nails 15. The nails 15 are driven through the wire mesh in certain of the grooves 13. Suitable materials in the form of a veneer are applied to the K sheet to complete the -simulation of brick or so tile. A plastic or cementitious material is preferably applied, first, over the entire outer surfaces of the pressed sheet. In the present instance a trowel coating or covering of as phaltum 16 is applied to the sheet over the as raised sections 14 and also in the sections presented by the grooves 13.v Suitable granular material such as pebbles or ground stone 17 of any preferred color is applied to the asphaltum applied to the raised sections 14, thereby producing a neat eii'ect of face brick or ti e.

If desired, and in order to prevent the recessed sections 14 from collapsing, blocks 18 of wood or any other suitable material may be arranged respectively within the recesses presented by the raised sections 14. It will be apparent that the blocks 18 will be disposed between the raised sections 14 and the siding of the supporting structure or wall. The an ralsed sections I4 of the sheet are secured to the blocks by the use of small nails 19.

"On reference to Figure 4'it will be apparent that the meeting edges of adjacent sheets overlapeaeh other as at 2O to produce the a5 grooved formation. In Figure 5 the meeting edges of adjacent sheets are of dissimilar formation although they are overlapped and receive therebetween one end of a half block 18. This construction is such as to form a block in alternate rows in order to preserve the staggered relation common to brickwork.

It is to be understood that the veneer or imitation brick or tile facing may be produced at the factory to be applied to the building structures, or may be produced on the job or in the course of building construction work.

What is claimed is:

1. A veneer for the interior or exterior of a building structure, comprising a sheet of reticulated material adapted to be secured in place, said sheet having an arrangement of integral raised sections simulating rows of bricks, suitable materials applied to the sheet to simulate bricks, and means Within each of said raised sections to prevent it from collapsing.

2. A veneer for the interior or exterior of a building structure, comprising a sheet of reticulated material such as Wire mesh adapted to be secured in place, said sheet having anl arrangement of integral raised sections simulating rows of bricks, suitable materials a plied to the sheet to simulate bricks, and a b ook lit-ting and secured within each of said raised sections to prevent it from collapsing.

JOHN J. MOLNAR. 

